Discipling in a Multicultural World

Discipling in a Multicultural World

Discipling in a Multicultural World

Discipling in a Multicultural World

Paperback

$19.99 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    Qualifies for Free Shipping
    Usually ships within 6 days
  • PICK UP IN STORE
    Check Availability at Nearby Stores

Related collections and offers


Overview

This book will equip Christians to effectively carry out the biblical principles of discipleship in a world where many who come to Christ have little or no prior knowledge about Christianity.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781433562853
Publisher: Crossway
Publication date: 02/28/2019
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 1,100,677
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Ajith Fernando (ThM, Fuller Theological Seminary) is the teaching director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka after serving as the ministry's national director for thirty-five years. He and his wife, Nelun, are active in a church ministering primarily to the urban poor, and his ministry includes counseling and mentoring younger staff and pastors. He is the author of twenty books published in twenty-four languages. Ajith lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with his wife, and they have two adult children and four grandchildren.

Table of Contents

Foreword Robert E. Coleman 13

Preface 15

Bible Versions Used 21

Part 1 Introducing Spiritual Parenthood

1 Spiritual Parenthood: So Needed, but Why So Neglected? 25

Introducing a Metaphor

Multiplication

Commitment: The Key to Parenthood

The Vulnerability and Strain of Being Parents

2 Objections and Pitfalls 41

A Countercultural Activity

The Danger of Insecure Disciplers

Can We Care for Both the Many and the Few?

Some Examples from History

3 Born into a Family, Incorporated into a Body 59

Discipling and Body Life

Extending Solidarity to the Wider Body

Life in a Covenant Community

4 Belonging to Two Families 73

Honoring Family Commitments

Baptism: When? Where?

Making Peace with One's Relationship with Family Members

Involvements in the Wider Community

5 Facing Suffering, Persecution, and Loss of Honor 95

It Goes with Being Like Jesus

Strength for Suffering

Present Loss of Honor and the Coming Honor

Taking Action against Persecutors, Especially within the Family

Following Christ as Insiders within Pre-Christian Religious Communities?

6 Mission, Ambition, and Exhortation 115

Discipling within a Mission Team

Ambition

Exhortation

Part 2 How Christians Change

7 The Change Process 139

The Need for Change

Three Agents of Change

Three Kinds of Transformation

The Role of the Discipler

8 Learning the Truth 147

Personal Reading of the Word

Leading Means Feeding

Friendship-Building Teaching

Verbal Instruction

Culturally Appropriate Teaching Methods

Learning through Corporate Worship

Bible Christians: An Alien Idea

9 Praying 169

Praying for Disciplees

The Content of Paul's Prayers for His Spiritual Children

Helping Others Become People of Prayer

10 Confronting Guilt and Receiving Forgiveness 183

Guilt and Forgiveness: Illustrating a Strange Idea

Confession of Guilt, and Grace That Forgives

Disciplining for Sin

11 Understanding Biblical Honor and Shame 197

How These Values Operate

The Death of Christ and Shame

Conversion Can Result in Loss of Honor

The Biblical Community Is a Covenant Community

Biblical Motivations Using Honor and Shame

Applying the Principles to Lying and Taking Revenge

From Community Solidarity to Spiritual Accountability

12 Experiencing Liberation and Power 219

Fear/Bondage and Power/Liberation in Society

Fear and Liberation in the Gospel

Victory over Temptation

The Fear of Judgment

Ministering God's Freedom

The Importance of Experience to Belief and Growth

13 Healing for Wounds 243

Not All Christians Experience Joy

Our Aim in Looking for Healing

Being with God and Realizing What the Scriptures Say about Us

Recognizing Experiences Which Show That God Loves Us

Healing Mediated by the Community of Believers

Forgiving the Persons Who Caused the Hurt

Specific Acts That Enhance Healing

The Need for Patience

Appendix 1 What We Aim for in Discipling 259

Appendix 2 Other issues to Talk about During Meetings 261

Appendix 3 Ingredients Needed in a Follow-Up Course 263

General Index 267

Scripture Index 277

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“A gifted teacher, communicator, and evangelist, Ajith Fernando has produced a most timely resource to equip today’s generation. In recent decades the church in the West has struggled to develop mature disciples. We have retreated into our dwindling communities with the occasional foray outside in the attempt to make converts. Fernando calls us to the task of developing mature disciples, and through the deepening of our faith we are better equipped to engage in the wider world.”
Stephen Skuce, Director of Global Relationships, The Methodist Church in Britain

“Grounded in Scripture, rooted in decades of ministry, and colorfully illustrated from Sri Lanka and around the world, Ajith Fernando’s Discipling in a Multicultural World will enrich God’s people as we seek to make disciples among all nations. Much more than a classroom guide, it will motivate us to follow Fernando’s example, pouring our lives into others just as others poured their lives into his.”
David Greenlee, Director of Missiological Research and Evaluation, Operation Mobilization

“How do we make disciples of Jesus in contexts of increasing ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity? Few people are as qualified to answer this question as the global Christian statesman Ajith Fernando. Drawing upon four decades of ministry worldwide and a seasoned scholar’s understanding of Scripture, Fernando provides us with a rich and wise guide to forming disciples among those from various cultural backgrounds. Essential insights for effective ministry today!”
Harold Netland, Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Intercultural Studies, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

“In Discipling in a Multicultural World, Ajith Fernando moves beyond techniques and programs to the life-on-life realities of discipleship in the emerging context of multiculturalism. This book is a gem for those who are prepared to come face-to-face with the real cost of discipleship. Filled with practical examples, the book is a real-life tutorial from one of the great giants of discipleship in our day. A truly formational book!”
Timothy C. Tennent, President and Professor of World Christianity, Asbury Theological Seminary

“Ajith Fernando has been living the message of this book for more than four decades, and now he shares his insights in this comprehensive work. Integrating thorough biblical study, extensive experience, deep understanding of cultural dynamics, and vulnerable story-telling, Discipling in a Multicultural World is essential reading for any leader who—like Paul the apostle—aspires to ‘present everyone mature in Christ’ (Col. 1:28).”
Paul Borthwick, Senior Consultant, Development Associates International; coauthor, The Fellowship of the Suffering

“If I were selecting someone to write a book titled Discipling in a Multicultural World, Ajith Fernando would be my first choice. I know of no one more qualified to address this topic. Fernando has a scholar’s mind, a pastor’s heart, and a practitioner’s skill—all of which have been tested and proven in the crucible of multicultural experience. These chapters reflect not an ivory-tower author but one who knows the joys and heartaches of real life in the trenches. I heartily commend this book to all who want a deeper understanding of and motivation for ‘making disciples of all nations.’”
Timothy K. Beougher, Associate Dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Billy Graham Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; author, Overcoming Walls to Witnessing

“Ajith Fernando has written a very helpful, deep, mature, and biblical book on disciple making in real life from a multicultural perspective. He draws from his many years of ministry experience in preaching and teaching, evangelism, discipling, and mentoring, especially with Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka. I highly recommend Discipling in a Multicultural World as essential reading for all Christians!”
Siang-Yang Tan, Professor of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary; Senior Pastor, First Evangelical Church, Glendale, California; author, Counseling and Psychotherapy

From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews